1. (2 days before!) Sign up for and obtain BlackBerry signing keys, RDK and PBDT csj files (note that it may take up to two full days to receive the files in email): https://www.blackberry.com/SignedKeys/. When files arrive save them to your laptop. Signing keys may not arrive in time or other issues may be preventing you to connect to real device, so please be prepared to use simulator for this lab.

6. Using the USB cable connect the Playbook to your laptop. It should start installing drivers for the playbook automatically. Please follow Playbook user Guide if you have issues connecting. When drivers successfully installed you will see Playbook “shared” directory mounted to your laptop.

7. (Optional) Follow the Getting Started Guide to create a run your first application on the device